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84 Spanish lines, each time bearing away two carrier pigeons, and bringing back when he  could, a little supply of fresh food in his  bag. The six remaining birds they had decided to kill and eat, one a week, so that they might have at least a taste of fresh untainted meat occasionally. It had cost Jacqueline many a pang to thus sacrifice her pets, but she could not see her dear ones suffer when it was in her power to give them  food.

Gysbert’s latest excursion outside the city walls had been successful, and without any of  the excitement that had attended his first  trip. He had chosen an entirely different quarter through which to pass, had met with  either a friendly reception or indifference  from those he met, and who freely purchased  his herbs. He was taken without question for a Glipper, as he had announced himself  to be, and his presence soon became a familiar  figure in their midst. Then too, these expeditions were of much shorter duration than